Reconfigurable Network Stream Processing on Virtualized FPGA Resources
The software defined network and network function virtualization are proposed to address the network ossification issue in current Internet infrastructure. Network functions and services are implemented as software applications to increase the programmability of network. However, involving general p...
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| author | Qianqiao Chen Vaibhawa Mishra Jose Nunez-Yanez Georgios Zervas |
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| description | The software defined network and network function virtualization are proposed to address the network ossification issue in current Internet infrastructure. Network functions and services are implemented as software applications to increase the programmability of network. However, involving general purpose processors in data plane restricts the bandwidth of network services. Therefore, to keep both the bandwidth and flexibility, a FPGA platform is suggested as a reconfigurable platform to deliver high bandwidth virtual network functions on data plane. In this paper, the FPGA resource has been virtualized by interconnecting partial reconfigurable regions to deliver high bandwidth reconfigurable processing on network streams. With the help of partial reconfiguration technology, network functions on our platform can be configured without affecting other functions on the same FPGA device. The on-chip interconnect system is further evaluated by comparing with existing network-on-chip system. A reconfiguration process is also proposed and demonstrated that it can be performed on our platform. The process can happen in the real time of network services and it is able to keep the original function working during the download of partial bitstream. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4a074485e18e4507b7858fe1559a85962025-02-03T05:58:03ZengWileyInternational Journal of Reconfigurable Computing1687-71951687-72092018-01-01201810.1155/2018/87859038785903Reconfigurable Network Stream Processing on Virtualized FPGA ResourcesQianqiao Chen0Vaibhawa Mishra1Jose Nunez-Yanez2Georgios Zervas3University of Bristol, Bristol, UKUniversity College London, London, UKUniversity of Bristol, Bristol, UKUniversity College London, London, UKThe software defined network and network function virtualization are proposed to address the network ossification issue in current Internet infrastructure. Network functions and services are implemented as software applications to increase the programmability of network. However, involving general purpose processors in data plane restricts the bandwidth of network services. Therefore, to keep both the bandwidth and flexibility, a FPGA platform is suggested as a reconfigurable platform to deliver high bandwidth virtual network functions on data plane. In this paper, the FPGA resource has been virtualized by interconnecting partial reconfigurable regions to deliver high bandwidth reconfigurable processing on network streams. With the help of partial reconfiguration technology, network functions on our platform can be configured without affecting other functions on the same FPGA device. The on-chip interconnect system is further evaluated by comparing with existing network-on-chip system. A reconfiguration process is also proposed and demonstrated that it can be performed on our platform. The process can happen in the real time of network services and it is able to keep the original function working during the download of partial bitstream.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8785903 |
| spellingShingle | Qianqiao Chen Vaibhawa Mishra Jose Nunez-Yanez Georgios Zervas Reconfigurable Network Stream Processing on Virtualized FPGA Resources International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing |
| title | Reconfigurable Network Stream Processing on Virtualized FPGA Resources |
| title_full | Reconfigurable Network Stream Processing on Virtualized FPGA Resources |
| title_fullStr | Reconfigurable Network Stream Processing on Virtualized FPGA Resources |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reconfigurable Network Stream Processing on Virtualized FPGA Resources |
| title_short | Reconfigurable Network Stream Processing on Virtualized FPGA Resources |
| title_sort | reconfigurable network stream processing on virtualized fpga resources |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8785903 |
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